Primrose squirmed shyly as the beautiful corn snake lamia Opal beamed down at her, eyes shimmering with red, black and golden spiraling rings. The closing of the door--hardly a slam, more like the gentle pound of a drum--still echoed throughout the old hay barn. The lamp had gone out at some point, and the place was dark, but luckily, Opal's gorgeous eyes provided all the light Primrose could ever need.
"Is
sssomething
wrong, Primrose?" Opal hissed, smirking slightly at Primrose's blatantly flustered state.
The hand that was holding up Primrose's chin withdrew. The hand currently ruffling and petting Primrose's curly black hair did not. Neither did the loop of colorful coil that had somehow snaked around Primrose's midriff.
Primrose felt a mix of extreme nerves, indignation, and flustered gay excitement sparkling in her racing heart and fuzzy mind. There was just
so
much to interpret here,
so
much to process, and for some reason her thoughts couldn't seem to manage more than one thing at a time. She didn't know how she was supposed to feel right now. There was an absolutely
gorgeous
girl who sure seemed to be flirting with her, that girl was a lamia, Primrose was on her first night away from home and already being reduced to a red-faced flustered mess the second a cute fey so much as made eye contact...
... Primrose finally settled on indignation, as it felt the easiest and least embarrassing. She stamped her foot. "Listen, I don't mean to be rude or anything, but I'm--I--" She carefully regulated her breathing.
Be cool. Don't act panicky and don't be rude. Never be rude to fey.
She drew herself up straight. "I... liked the door being open, is all."
"Oh!" Opal blinked.
There. Nice and indirect. It's just a precaution. It's... it's not like I'm worried...
Primrose shifted uneasily, though, as the hand continued to pet her hair affectionately.
"How come?" the lamia asked innocently.
Primrose froze. She bit her lip. "Um... well, it's... dark?"
"Ahh." Opal's head bobbed in understanding. It was hard not to look directly at her when she moved like that, graceful and fluid. But eye contact was starting to get Primrose a bit
too
flustered, it felt like.
Or hypnotized,
a fretful voice at the back of her head murmured. Primrose inwardly glared it into evaporating.
Opal twisted slightly, moving from hanging from the rafters to settling on the floor, and Primrose heard her long, colorful black-red-black-yellow coils slithering about in the darkness. She felt a moment's tension--
Then several little flames sparked into existence from hanging lamps up above, and a warm glow blossomed throughout the barn around them.
Primrose flinched back, blinking rapidly against the sudden influx of light. "Why were there... lamps there?" It wasn't a good place to keep lamps. Hay barns were flammable enough to set whole forests alight during dry seasons.
"This barn used to be part of a
fessstival
ground!" Opal said with a bright smile, plainly pleased at Primrose's wonder. "Back when I was a mere lamialet. Not that I was ever allowed
inssside
at that age." She winked.
"Wait, why not?" Primrose looked around, then blushed as she recognized the infertility charms hanging over the doors. "Oh."
Opal giggled. "My, you're
adorable
." The slender, supple lengths of coil around Primrose's waist tightened a little, almost affectionately. Then they loosened and began descending, presumably, Primrose assumed, to let her step clear.
She pouted, glaring back up at Opal. "Listen, I'm--I just didn't see the herbs, that's all, I
know
what a--"
She squeaked as the coils suddenly went tight around her ankles--then, in one swift, fluid movement, swung her up into the air.
Her entire body did a 180-degree spin, and her head narrowly missed swinging right into the ground--only by inches, in fact, as she found herself hoisted up and suddenly dangling in midair from her ankles.
"H-
Hey
!" she protested, thrashing furiously. "How d-dare you! You better--" Opal's eyes suddenly appeared right in her field of view, now mere inches away. Instantly, Primrose felt her mind seem to... soften. "... better..." she managed weakly, feeling her whole body suddenly getting very warm, "... better, um... put.. me..." The eyes were spiraling with so, so many pretty colors. Coral red gave way to inky black gave way to peach-gold gave way to the space behind the stars gave way to the setting sun gave way to dawn's skyline gave way to... to...
"... down?" she whimpered.
Opal beamed at her. "Why?" she asked innocently, putting one long, dainty finger to her plump painted-black lips in a show of curious naivete. "Gosh, I thought you were a seasoned adventurer! Been living on the road for years! Surely little old
me
wouldn't be of any concern~"
"I-It's not!" Primrose stammered. She could almost feel Opal's spiraling eyes... pulling her gaze, drawing in her mind, beautiful whirlpools of roses, hollyhocks and buttercups... "I'm. I'm not even worried. I-I just..." She squirmed as she felt the coils around her ankles starting to slither further along, spreading down to her calves, under her knees...
"You just..." Opal giggled, caressing Primrose's face delicately, fingernails grazing over her cheeks. "Just what,
sssweetie
? Are you not in control right now?"
"I-I
am
in control," Primrose protested, flushing at the pathetic whine in her voice. "I'm..." She wiggled in flustered panic as the coils began to spread lower, to her thighs, sliding not only around her legs but
between
them. The motion of the coils seemed so slow, so languid, and yet... inevitable. The same speed as those beautiful, lazy shimmering spiraling eyes... "I've b-been adventuring for years!" she squeaked. "S-Super experienced. Definitely."
"You haven't got
anything
to fear from me," Opal agreed sweetly, her head bobbing in soothing patterns. Back and forth. Back and forth. Gods, she was so close, so...
so fucking hot
... "
Complete
control. Surely you've encountered
sssooo
many greater dangers than me in all those years on the road!"
"Uh. Uh-huh!" Primrose nodded slowly, unthinkingly matching the patterns. She wormed helplessly as the warm, smooth coils began to wrap around her hips,
so
tight, and yet
so
gentle and... protective... "Yeah... been adventuring for... like, years and years, like... I, like..."
She trailed off, struggling for words. It was like the eyes just... pulled the words right out of her head. Sucked them deep down into them like beautiful, shimmering whirlpools. So pretty...
She could almost see herself reflected in those gorgeous swirling eyes. Trapped in the spirals, wide-eyed, open-mouthed, her own eyes starting to form pretty spirals of their own...
Opal giggled. "You like?" she asked softly, her fingertips brushing ever-so-delicately down Primrose's neck, ever-so-enticingly towards the buttons of her blouse, even as the coils undulated around Primrose's hips and tugged down at her trousers. "Aw, you can't possibly like
thisss
, can you?"
Primrose gasped at the touches, then felt her cheeks burning. "N-No! I--I meant--"
"Should I
ssstop?